Benjamin Ruggles

Benjamin Ruggles (21 February 1783-2 September 1857) was a US Senator from Ohio from 4 March 1815 to 3 March 1833, succeeding Joseph Kerr and preceding Thomas Morris. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Benjamin Ruggles was born in Abington, Connecticut in 1783, and he moved to Marietta, Ohio in 1807 to practice law. He served as a state court judge from 1810 to 1815, when he was elected to the US Senate as a Democratic-Republican; he served until 1833. He died in 1857.